江苏省常州市2021届高三期中质量调研英语试题
常州市教育学会学业水平监测
高三英语试题
2020年11月
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第一节（共5小题；每小题1.5分，满分7.5分）
听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。
1.What does the man think of the movie?
A． Exciting. B． Boring. C．Just so-so.
2.When will the man get to the woman's party?
A． At about 6:30. B．At about 7:00. C．At about 7:30.
3.Where is the woman ordering her food?
A． On her phone. B．From her car. C．From inside the restaurant. 4.What does the woman mean?
A． She doesn't like the horse. B． Brian's choice is in vain. C．A man should earn much money.
5.What does the man really need?
A． A way to store his passwords. B．An app to buy a laptop. C．A new user name to use online. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1.5分，满分22.5分）
听下面5段对话或独白。每段对话或独白后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中透出最佳选项。听每段对话或独白前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；听完后，各小题将给出5秒钟的作答时间。每段对话或独白读两遍。
听第6段材料，回答第6、7题。
6.Who will pay for the lunch?
A． The man. B． The woman. C． The man's boss.
7.How will the speakers go for the lunch?
A．By car. B．On foot. C．By taxi.
听第7段材料，回答第8至10题。
8.What will the man do this morning?
A．Eat a cake. B．Buy a present. C．Lecture in class.
9.What does the man think of speaking in public for him?
A．Honorable. B．Fearful. C．Fair.
10.What does the woman advise the man to do?
A．Do more preparation. B．Have more confidence. C．Make no complaint.
听第8段材料，回答第11至13题。
11.How did the woman know the wanted job position?
A．By reading a newspaper aD．
B．By calling an employment service.
C．By listening to the radio news.
12.Why did the woman find the job appealing?
A．She could improve her foreign language.
B．The job suited her very well.
C．Her family wanted her to return home to work.
13.What was the woman asked to do in the end?
A．To prepare for an interview in a couple of days.
B．To read the advertisement again for more details.
C．To send in a written application as soon as possible.
听第9段材料，回答第14 至16题。
14.Why did the woman come to the man's office?
A． To ask for his signature. B． To ask for his advice. C．To seek his support.
15. What courses does the woman think easy to learn?
A．Chemistry and calculus(微积分）
B． Economics and musiC．
C．American novels and Romantic poetry.
16. Why did the man ask the woman to see him after the first week of classes?
A．To be sure she is in good health.
B．To examine what she has learneD．
C．To make sure the courses aren't heavy for her.
听第10段材料，回答第17至20题。
17.How has social media changed our life?
A．People are more confused than ever
B．People are more connected than before.
C．People are not as happy as they used to be.
18. Why might social media be an affective tool for small companies?
A． It encourages social discussions.
B． It changes the way we get our news.
C．It provides a cheap way to advertise.
19.What is one of the negative aspects of social media?
A．No honest talks between people.
B．Spreading incorrect information.
C．The damage to people's computers.
20.What is the speaker's attitude towards social media?
A．Positive. B．Negative. C．Objective.
第二部分阅读（共两节，满分50分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题2.5分，满分37.5分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。
A
Dillion,
Would you like to deepen your understanding of diversity, equality,and inclusion (DEI) as it relates to the field of English language teaching? You're invited to join online conversations on these topics as part of a new reading club in the Diversity,Equality,and Inclusion Community, accessible through myTESOL. Each week there will be a new article used as a basis for the discussion.
In Week 1,August 9-15,we will discuss "Black Teachers of English in South Korea: Constructing Identities as a Native English Speaker and English Language Teaching Professional" with author Quanisha D．Charles.Throughout the week, the author will post questions for discussion for participants to discuss within the discussion group.
In Week 2,August 16-22,we will discuss "On Issues of Discrimination and Prejudice:What Can TESOL Practitioners Do to Support and Advocate for Refugee Students?" with author Chatwara Suwanamai Duran. Suwanamai will post the initial question(s) for discussion and will take part in the discussion.
To participle, join the on line community in myTESOL.More details can be found at TESOL International Association website https://https://www.360docs.net/doc/1a11111948.html,//dei-reading-club We look forward to having many meaningful and thoughtful exchanges with you.
21.This piece of information is sent by
A．DEI B．TESOL International Association C．Quanisha D．Charles D．Chatwara Suwannamai Duran
22. What is this email aimed at?
A． Asking Dillion to learn how to teach English.I
B．Asking Dillion to become a TESOL Practitioner.
C．Inviting Dillion to take part in online discussions.
D．Inviting Dillion to exchange thoughts about my TESOL.
23. What will be talked about with Suwannamai?
A． Becoming a TESOL practitioner. B．Identities as an English teacher. C．Helping refugee students. D．Discrimination in South Kore A．
B
Born into a poor family,Lin Bu studied hard and grew up to be a learned scholar. He had travelled extensively across China before living the carefree life of a hermit（隐士）。He was a good poet anD．writer but he never kept any of his writings,tearing therm up right after penning them.
“Why won't you keep them for later generations?" people aske D．
“I’m a forest hermit"he saiD．"If I seek no praise now,why should posthumous（死后的）fame matter to me?”
The most extraordinary thing about Lin Bu was his Plum Blossom Wife and Crane Son, meaning that he had a plum blossom（梅花）as his wife and a crane as his son. This fascination puzzled his friends."Why plum blossoms,of all flowers?" they'd ask.
“P lum blossoms alone flower during the coldest of days, unbending to the freezing falling snow.It is the character of these 'Gentlemen of the Flowers' that attracts learned gentlemen, as
well as hermits like myself.” he replie D．
After Lin Bu died, the Flying Crane Pavilion（亭子）was built in his memory.People would come to admire the hundreds of plum trees, appreciating the form and character of Lin Bu' s beloved＇wife' and 'son'.
One day, two scholars had a discussion."Isn't it a shame that a competent person justifying his official ranks settle for a hermit's life in the depths of the mountains?" one askeD．"What's so bad about fame and fortune that they have escaped it?”
＂It's true that all people wish for fame and fortune, but they must suffer a great deal to obtain them.The darkest side of human nature is almost always revealed in these struggles for fame and fortune.”
“That's why a hermit would flee from all worldly cares, maintaining his noble character, just as the plum blossoms quietly flower in the depths of winter!"Their discussion ended, but the two remained in the pavilion for a long time.
24.Why did Lin Bu destroy his own writings?
A．Because he traveled a lot as a learned scholar.
B． Because he was not satisfied with their quality.
C．Because he cared nothing about fame and fortune.
D．Because he didn't care about later generations.
25. What is special about plum blossoms in Lin Bu' s eyes?
A．They symbolize beauty and peace.
B．They symbolize bravery and independence.
C．They symbolize happiness and long life.
D． They symbolize purity and good luck.
26.What does the last sentence of this article indicate?
A． The debate on Lin Bu' s choice would last for a long time.
B． The two scholars would maintain their noble characters long.
C．The Flying Crane Pavilion would attract more Chinese scholars.
D．Lin Bu' s story would have a lasting influence on Chinese scholars.
27.What can we mainly learn from this article?
A．Chinese culture valued living in harmony with Nature.
B． Nature played an important role in Chinese scholars' daily life.
C．Hermits in China generally compared themselves to plum blossoms.
D．Material success meant nothing to scholars with a noble character in ChinA．
C
The discovery that the universe is expanding was one of the great intellectual revolutions of the twentieth century. With hindsight（回过头看）， it is easy to wonder why no one had thought of it before. Newton,and others,should have realized that a static（静止的）universe would soon start to shrink under the influence of gravity. But suppose instead the universe is expanding.If it was expanding fairly slowly,the force of gravity would cause it eventually to stop expanding and to start shrinking. However, if it was expanding at more than a certain critical rate,gravity would never be strong enough to stop it,and the universe would continue to expand forever.
This is a bit like what happens when one fires a rocket upward from the surface of the earth. If it has a fairly low speed,gravity will eventually stop the rocket and it will start falling back. On the other hand, if the rocket has more than a certain critical speed, gravity will not be strong enough to pull it back, so it will keep going away from the earth forever.
This behavior of the universe could have been predicted from Newton's theory of gravity at any time in the nineteenth, the eighteenth, or even the late seventeenth centuries.Yet so strong was the belief in a static universe that it persisted into the early twentieth century.Even Einstein,when he formulated（构想） the general theory of relativity in 1915, was so sure that the universe had to be static that he modified his theory to make this possible,introducing a so-called cosmological constant（宇宙常数）into his equations. When Hubble's study of nearby galaxies showed that the universe was in fact expanding,Einstein regretted modifying his elegant theory and viewed the cosmological constant term as his "greatest mistake".
28.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A． the discovery of the expanding universe theory
B．the differences between two universe theories
C．scientists' unwillingness to abandon a widely accepted theory
D． scientists' doubts about the theory that the universe is expanding
29. Which of the following can be inferred about the expanding universe?
A． It did not agree with a theory widely accepted in the nineteenth century.
B．Most scientists nowadays believe that the idea is no longer acceptable.
C．The existence of gravity makes it impossible for the universe to expanD．
D．Einstein discovered it when working with the general theory of relativity.
30. The author mentions Newton in order to
A．show respect for his great scientific work of gravity
B．provide evidence that the universe is not expanding
C．give one example of a supporter of the expanding universe theory
D．show that the expanding universe theory might have been discovered earlier
31. What can we know from the last two paragraphs?
A． The author mentions a rocket to prove the theory of a static universe.
B．The force driving the universe to expand is similar to that driving the rockets upwarD．C．Einstein used the term "cosmological constant" to challenge Newton's gravity theory. D．Einstein's mistake is used to show the author's doubt whether the universe is expanding.
D
Lord Robert Winston was sitting on a train,when he found himself becoming steadily angry. Winston is normally a fairly amiable man. What was driving him slowly insane was the particular behavior of another passenger. Ignoring the child with her, the woman had picked up her phone and begun what would become a very loud conversation filled with boring facts.
Winston did try to ignore it,but there is something fundamentally un-ignorable about a loud, one-sided conversation. It was then that Lord Winston made a mistake. He began to tweet（网上发 about the woman. He took photos of her and sent them out to his more than 40,000 followers.
When the train had finally arrived at its destination, Winston quickly ran off. He had had enough of what he described as her "rudeness."But the woman faced an unusual surprise. The press had picked up on Winston's tweets. They were waiting for her on the platform.When they excitedly showed her Winston's messages,the woman's face fell, She also suddenly found herself using just one word to describe Winston's actions:"rude".
We find ourselves living at a time of incredible rudeness. Social media has taught the world that it needs to have an opinion, on everything,at all times. Reality television has taught us to celebrate meanness（不友好），so long as that meannes s is delivered as “honesty.”So what can we do about the rising tide of rudeness?
Winston shone a spotlight on that woman's behaviors, but he did not confront it, and he did not stop it. Instead,that spotlight was shone weakly from afar, shaming her by taking an almost rudimentary(原始的）form of revenge Often, the trick to handling rudeness is far more elegant, and can be done with the gentle delivery of a sentence as simple as “just stop."
When we see it happen in a store, we must step up and say,"Just stop."If it happens to a colleague,we must point t out Because once a rude pt 12 )s had the looking glass held up to them and can see their actions through the eyes of others, they are far more likely to end that behavior themselves.
32. What's the best title of this article?
A．Before You Are Rude B．When Someone Is Rude
C．If They Can End It D．Unless You Can Stop Rudeness
33.What does the underlined word "amiable" most probably mean?
A．selfless B．cooperative C． mild-mannered D．open-minded
34. Which of the following does the author agree with?
A．The woman shouldn't have ignored Winston's anger over her behavior.
B． Winston is actually as rude as the woman with his behavior.
C．Being rude is widely accepted as being honest in the society.
D．Winston should have pointed out the woman's rudeness to her face.
35.What is the purpose of this text?
A． To argue against a point of view.
B．To introduce a social phenomenon.
C．To offer solutions to a social problem.
D． To express concerns over a social problem.
第二节（共5小题；每小题2.5分，满分12.5分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多于选项。
Look inward for better career advice
Sometimes we turn to others for advice on major career decisions. 36 Warren Buffet's father discouraged him from entering the securities(证券）business.Walt Disney' s brother and wife both tried to talk him out of making Snow Wnite.
Why does so much career advice end up being misguided? 37 We often listen to the wrong sources. I've watched many students rely on their parents and grandparents for guidance, forgetting that they were raised in an area when it was common to spend an entire career in one organization.
What about going to people who are qualified to give advice? 38 Advisers often focus too heavily on their personal preferences and experiences rather than take our perspective（视角）。
At some point,you have probably noticed that you're wiser when giving advice to others than you are in making decisions for yourself. You're not alone. It often happens because we have more distance from other people's problems than our own. 39 Sure enough, psychologists find that our reasoning becomes wiser when we think about our own problems from a third-person perspective.
Advising others doesn't just help us make better decisions, but it also leaves us more motivated to follow through.In one experiment, it was expected people were more motivated when receiving than giving advice. 40 It was people who gave advice who became more motivateD．If you want to get better career advice, you can start by reflecting on what you would tell someone else with a similar question. Listen to the advice you give to others. It's usually the advice you need to take yourself.And it might be the best way to motivate yourself, too. A．However,sometimes we make decisions depending on ourselves.
B．But the opposite was true.
C．But they may direct us in the wrong direction.
D．It's no guarantee that they will know what's right for us.
E.But it was easier said than done.
F. The problem may start with who we approach for advice.
G.The lesson here is that one of the most effective ways to get better advice is to give it.
第三部分语言运用（共两节，满分30分）
第一节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
As soon as the words left my mouth,I knew I'd made a mistake."You think Jane Austen is...＿41_?" the man opposite me asked in disbelief. Then,he and his colleague took turns to_42 my claim.
＂I just mean.."I said in a bright voice, in or der to keep the tone_43_,“that she's not as biting as Virginia Woolf."
The two professors,like a couple of cats toying with a_44_bird,gave specific examples of how Austen' s work was, 45_,more biting.With no more action to take,I simply smiled and said,"Let's just agree to disagree, shall we?" And at that moment,my dreams of going to Oxford
University 46 in a puff of smoke.
Part of my problem was a_47_of confidence.Even though I was a straight A student and had prepared for the interview to the best of my ability, I wasn't a skilled_48_.When faced with two experts who told me that I was wrong,instead of_49_myself,I rolled over and accepted 50 So,months later,I already knew the_51_of my thin envelope when it appeared on my doormat._52_,I felt a pang of disappointment. However,failing my Oxford interview provided a_53_life lesson.I'm now more confident of my opinions,and I try to_54_my points with hard evidence.What's more,I have never since_55_a discussion by giving a simpering smile and saying,"Let's just agree to disagree,shall we?"
41.A．noble B．soft C．beautiful D．clumsy
42.A．appreciate B．submit C．challenge D．substitute
43.A．pleasing B．serious C．low D．light
44.A．frightened B．brave C．fragile D．naughty
45.A．on the contrary B．by no means C．for example D．beyond expectation
46.A．developed B．arrived C．disappeared D．shifted
47.A．matter B．lack. C．sense D．kind
48.A．debater B．learner C．fighter D．educator
49.A．expressing B．behaving C．defending D．identifying
50.A．truth B．advice C．prejudice D．defeat
51.A．details B． spirits C．contents D．statistics
52.A．Frequently B．Originally C．Absolutely D．Naturally
53.A．typical B．valuable C．miserable D．temporary
54.A．make up B．take up C．pick up D．back up
55.A．ended B．mended C．attended D．extended
第二节（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Over 1600 years ago,a man named Nicholas became the bishop of Myra in Turkey.After he died, 56_(mercy)Nicholas became the saint of children,butchers,merchants and makers of perfume.
One day when Nicholas was walking past a cottage,he overheard a man talking to_57_(he) that there was not enough money for each of his daughters to find a husbanD． Late that night, Nicholas went back to the house_58_threw a small bag of gold down the chimney.He did the same hing the following two nights,One of the bags of gold fell into a stocking that was hanging up_59_ (dry) over the fireplace_60_, people say Father Christmas comes down the chimney and children hang stockings over the fireplace for Father Christmas to put presents in.
In the traditional picture of St Nicholas,He is usually shown as a tall,thin man_61_a beard or moustache,unlike Father Christmas _62_has a fat belly and a lot of facial hair. St Nicholas is also presented as_63_(wear)the neat,traditional clothes of a religious leader,not a red woolen suit with a black belt like Father Christmas’s
Over the years, many things_64_(add) to the story of St Nicholas,changing him to the Father Christmas we know of today, For example, he Is said to live near the North Pole with his wife and lots of elves,who help make toys.He also has deer that_65_(help)him deliver presents on Christmas Eve.
第四部分写作（共两节，满分40分）
第一节（满分15分）
假定你是班级英语课代表李华，请参照以下提示，用英文写一份倡议书，提倡全班同学学会用英语传播中国文化。
要点提示：
1.提出信议：
2.用英语传播中国文化的意义：
3.用英语传播中国文化的方法。
注意：
1.写作字数应为80左右：
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答，答题卡中不用再写已给开头和结尾。
Dear fellow students,
______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ Li Hua
第二节（满分25分）
阅读下面材料，根据其内容和所给段落开头语续写两段，使之构成一篇完整的短文。
In the doorway of my home, I looked closely at the face of my 23-year-old son, his backpack by his side. We were saying good-bye. In a few hours he would be flying to France. He would be staying there for at least a year to learn another language and experience life in a different country.
Before his college graduation,one day I told Daniel that the great failing in my life had been that I din' take a year or two off to travel when I finished college,This is the best way to my way of thinking, to broaden oneself and develop a lager perspective on life. Once I Had married and begun working, I found that the of living in another culture had disappeared．
Daniel thought about this. His friends said that he would be insane to put his career on hold． But he decided it was not so crazy. After graduation, he worked as a waiter at college, a bike messenger and a house painter. With the money he earned, he had enough to go to Paris.
Last night , I tossed in bed, unable to sleep . It was a transitional time in Daniel’s , a passage ,a step from college into the adult world．I wanted to leave him some words that would have some meaning,some significance beyond the moment.I failed．Nothing came to my mind．Maybe, I thought, it wasn’t necessary to say anything.
But I knew that it was necessary . My father and I loved each other. Yet, I always regretted never hearing him put his feelings into words and never having the memory of that moment.
Now, as I stood before Daniel, I still nothing came from my lips. No sound broke the stillness of my beach-side home.Outside, I could hear the shrill cries of sea gulls as they circled the ever-changing surf of Long IslanD． Inside, I stood frozen and quiet,looking into the searching eyes of my son.
1.续写词数应为150左右
2.请按如下格式在答题卡的相应位置作答.
第一段：What made it more difficult was that I knew this was not the first time I had let such a moment pass ___________________________________________________________________
第二段：Thinking of those lost opportunities, Now I could feel my palms sweat and my throat tighten.______________________________________________________________________
参考答案
听力1-5 CCBBA 6-10 ABCBA 11-15 ABCAB 16-20 CBCBC
阅读21-23 BCC 24-27 CBDD 28-31 CADB 32-35 BCDC
7选5阅读36-40 CFDGB
完形填空41-45 BCDAA 46-50 CBACD 51-55 CDBDA
语法填空56. merciful 57. himself 58. and 59. to dry (to be dried)
60. Therefore /So 61. without 62. who /that 63. wearing 64. have been added
65. help